Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s North Sea shutdown as he said Britain was wasting a “treasure chest” of oil and gas.

US President Donald Trump urged Keir Starmer to extract more oil from the North Sea and criticized UK taxes on fossil fuels in his latest criticism of the prime minister’s policies on a five-day visit to Scotland.

President Trump praised British PM Keir Starmer for turning around migrant boats crossing the English Channel, calling it a "fantastic thing" in Scotland.

For Sir Keir Starmer, both on and off camera, this all amounts to invaluable face time with Trump, even sharing a lift on Air Force One, burnishing a relationship as solid as it is improbable. The jeopardy for him is clear too though: riding shotgun with a free-wheeling president at ease shooting the breeze with reporters seemingly forever.

President Donald Trump suggested Prime Minister Keir Starmer needed to lower taxes, cut immigration and stop crime in the UK if he wants to beat populist Nigel Farage at the next general election.

President Donald Trump reignited his long-running feud with London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday, delivering a fresh round of criticism while seated beside U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Speaking from his Trump Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire during a joint appearance with Starmer,

Starmer is already committed to recognising a state of Palestine which he has described as “an inalienable right”, but, unlike French president Emmanuel Macron, he has resisted doing so immediately. While Starmer does not need US approval, coordinating foreign policy with the US has long been a key strategy.